2 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.8.0b1)
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19 package jalview.io.packed;
22 * API for a data provider that can be used with
23 * jalview.io.packed.ParsePackedSet
28 public interface DataProvider
31 * class of data expected to be provided by datasource
36 public enum JvDataType
39 * any alignment flatfile recognisable by jalview.io.IdentifyFile
43 * a jalview annotation file
47 * a GFF or Jalview features file
51 * a tree representation understood by the NewickFile parser
55 * any file that provides data that should be associated with a specified
62 * data to be parsed according to its type. Each call to getDataSource should
63 * return a new instance of the same data stream initialised to the beginning
64 * of the chunk of data that is to be parsed.
68 jalview.io.FileParse getDataSource();
71 * association context for data. Either null or a specific sequence.
75 Object getSequenceTarget();
82 DataProvider.JvDataType getType();